Funnel.



D. HOGUE.

FUNNEL.

A PPLIGATION FILED AUG. 15, 1910.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

Inventor". .DeZZavera Jioyue.

TEN'r rice.

. rsrinavussnn ROGUE, or LOS ANGELES, camroinire.

FUNNEL.

Patented Mar. 11, leis.

To all whom it may concern g Be it knownthat. l, Ds-Ldavnncnn Hoour,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Les An else, in the county of Los Angeles, in the tat-e of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Funnels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to funnels such as used in filling large vessels.

The object of the invention is to produce a funnel which will close automatically when the vessel which is being supplied by the funnel is practically full.

I A further objectiof the invention is to construct the valve and the valve operating mechanism in a simple manner.

In the dravaln forming a part of the annexed specification, Figure l is a vertical central section through a funnel constructed according to my invention and showing the valve of the funnel in.its closed position. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section taken'through the lower portion of the funnel and showing the valve in its raised position, certain parts being broken away and shown partlyin elevation.

\which extends own from the center ofd represents the body of thefunnel which is of the usual conical form, being provided at its lower end with'a downwardly extending housing 5 and withinthe housing there is formed a transverse head, 6; and above this point a transverse wall or bottom 7 is formed in the funnel near the point of juncture between the body thereof and. the housing. This head 7 forms the bottom of the thinned and is formed with an opening having beveled edge forming a seat Him the valve disk 9. This valve disk is formed -with a guide stem 10, which extends upwardly therefrom, and passes through the horizontal member of a guide yoke 11. which straddles the lower portion of the funnel as indicated Fig. 1. Between this yoke 11 andthe upper side oftheivalve 9 a coiled- -spring 12 is provided around the guide-stem, which tends'to holdthe valve upon its seat. .On the under side of the bottom head 7 a iiimilar transverse yoke 13 is formed havinga horizontal member with a guide 0 suing 1a through which asses a lower'gui e stem valve in line with the stem rain the under side of the yoke 13 apost Referring more particularly to the 16 elxtends downwardly and on this post 16 a trip lever 17 is ivotallymounted, the free end of said trip l ever being formed with a rest 18, which is adapted to be engaged by .anupwardly turned toe 19, said toe being formed on a trigger 22 which'is pivotally mounted at 20 on a post 21 similar to the post 16 which projectsdownwardly from the guide yoke 13. This trigger 22 has an arm which. normally inclines downwardly across the axis of the funnel and the lower edge of this armrests on a pin 23 projecting from the side of releasin lever 23, .which' releasing lever. is pivotal y mounted at 24 on a post 25 which extends downwardly from the yoke 13 as indicated. The free 'end of this releasing lever is bent slightly and formed with a cam end or toe 26 normally resting against a head 27 which is formed on the upper end of an adjusting stem 28, said adjusting stem passing freely upwardly through the head 6 and having a buoyant float 29 attached to the lower end thereof as shown. This float 29 substantially fills the lower part of the housing, 5, and in the housing above the float and below the head 6 a plurality of vents 30 are formed, admitting air to the space under the head-6 as will be readily understood.

As shown most clearly in Fig. 2,"the disk 9 is provided on opposite sides with radially projecting fingers 31. Under these fingers the ends of forks 32 extend, said forks being connected integrally with each other by a loop 33 to form a yoke. This loop 33 is engaged by a hook 34 which is formed on the lower end of the rod 35 which extends up-dzhe inner side of the funnel wall and is bent over so as to form an arm, 36 in the opening of the handle 37. On the inner side of the body of the funnel a guide 38 is placed through which the rod 35 slides freely as indicated. I r

The wallof the" housing just above the head 6 is formed with large openings 39 which permit the liquid to pass out-of the funnel in a downward direction without passing throu h the lower end of thehousing. It shou d be understood that if the arm 36 is ulled upwardly the slide bar 35 will be pu led upwardly and will pull the forks 32 upwardly so as to raise the valve disk by reason of the fingers 31. The upward or lifting movement oithe forks 32 is limited however, byupwardly projectingtoes '40 which are formed at the ends thereof said lever 23.

as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1. These toes prevent the forks from becoming disengaged from the valve.

At an intermediate height within the body of the funnel a transverse web 41 of ring 43 as indicated most clearly.in Fig. 3.

When the disk is released by pulling up on the rod 35 the trip lever 17 will be pulled upwardly and thespring 12 will be slightly compressed. When the trip lever 17 moves upwardly the toe 19 on the trigger 22 will come under the rest 18, and the point of application of the pressure by the trip lever on the trigger 22 is so near the pivot 20 that it affords little tendency to rot-ate the Furthermore it will be seen that trigger. the releasing lever 23 inclines downwardly and inwardly so as to engage the centrally mounted stem 28 and yet be capable of operating the trigger arm 22 which ;n thus be accommodated within the walls oi lhe ordinary funnel. The upper curved end of the trigger 22 when holding the valve open is brought into almost vertical position over its pivot point so that the arts are raised nearly in equilibrium, an the float can readily trip the trigger by engaging the In using the funnelwhen the liquid in the vessel which is being filled reaches the float 29, the float moves upwardly and forces-the releasing lever 23 upwardly. This moves the trigger 22 and disengages the toe '19 from the seat 18. This permits the spring 12 to thrust the valve downwardly upon its seat.

9n the interior of the Wall of the funnel is provided a graduated scale 44 having horizontal marks 45, and on the left ends of these marks a row 46 of numbers is provided which indicates the amount of liquid which the funnel will hold at that mark and on the opposite ends of the lines a similar row 47 of'numbers is provided which indicatesithe amount of liquid which has run from the funnel. The total capacity of the funnel being one gallon. In this way-two complementary scales are provided on the same division lines, one of which indicates the contents of the funnel at that oint, while the other indicates the remainingamount I necessary to fill the funnel.

again until the vessel is full.

the discharge 0 v In using the funnel it shouldbe understood that with the valve on its seat a quan tity of liquid is ,poured into the funnel to any depth and the reading of the row of numbers/l6 is taken so as to take account of the quantity in the funnel. Then the arm 36 will be pulled upwardly so as to raise the valve and permit thefunuel to empty itself into the vessel which is being tilled.

A slight raising of the valve will unseat it so that this operation of filling and emptying the funnel may be repeated again and v handle 37 a pouring spout 48 is provided.

Opposite the Special attention is called to the air ents v 30, and to their function in permitting the escape of the air above the float 29 when it rises. For this reason the float is perfectly.

free to rise by its buoyancy when the level of the liquid/in the vessel being filled rises to the predetermined point.

What I claim is 1. A funnel having a bottom, a valve in said bottom, said valve having fingers on opposite sides thereof, a yoke having forks engaging said fingers and adapted to raise said valve from its seat when said yoke is pulled upwardly, a rod extending down the inner sideof said funnel from above and engaging said yoke to raise said valve, mecha-' nism under said valve for holding the same raised above its seat,- and a float for controlling said mechanism.

v2. A funnel having a valve seat mounted therein near its contracted... end, avalve adapted to enga e said seat-for preventing liquids from the funnel, a spring normally tending to close said valve, a lever connected with the valve, a trigger arranged' transversely in the neck of the funnel and havinga curved end portion adapted to be brought almost in vertical alinement with its pivotal point for holding the valve open against the action of the spring, the said curved end portion engaging the said lever, and a return lever piv otednear one wall of the funnel neckand extending inwardly toward the axis ofthe funnel, said lever being adapted to engage the under end of the trigger for distributfl day .of Augusti5 1910.

.D LLAVERGNE HOGUE. Witnesses:

F. D. AMMEN, EARLE R. PoLnARo.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ct Patcntii,

Washington, D. O. 

